Monday, February 23, 2009

still not 100%

the boys were still not feeling much better today.in fact one of my coworkers whose son is in ben's class told me that 7 out of the 10 children in his class were out sick.this stomach flu is the pits.

last week when i was on travel, all i ate was fast food. and with the family being sick, all i've continued to eat was home-cooked fast food (i.e. hot dogs, mac n' cheese).i decided to make a real dinner last night.

tilapia with garlic green beans and fire roasted tomatos over brown rice.it was warm and light and satisfying.john even had to come to the table to eat some. upset stomach and all.

after dinner i felt energized. i went to the garage to find a project to finish (i have too many to mention, but hey, i have good intentions!).i remembered this old upholstered piano bench i got last summer.i had every intention of snazzing it up for anna's room, a place for her to sit and get dressed or put on her shoes.

who am i kidding...a place to line up her stuffed animals and put lip gloss on them.it's her bench, she can do whatever she wants with it, right?!

i wish i had taken a before pic (for y'all to see), but imagine a deep burgundy tapestry fabric.i lightened it up a bit with this super cute girlie print.

today i added the gingham skirt and pompom fringe.

when it was all finished, anna skipped around the house thanking me and telling me how beautiful it was and how much she loved it.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie“…when some doctor tells you “Your child won’t…” or “Don’t get your hopes up,” don’t you dare sell your child out and buy into that… defeatist attitude. Sometimes all it takes is a belief that it can happen, the determination to create the possibilities —the right environment, the right people— and the ability to love your child more than you fear their labels and limitations.”
Niksmom, Maternal Instincts blog

"It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights. I might never have learned this in any other way. I may have gone on in the arrogance of my own intolerance for those less able than myself. My child taught me humanity."
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
Anna Quindlen, Author

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein, Inventor